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Broadcasting Sunshine Rough Cut Celebration
Aug 29th
On Friday evening, the Warren Atherton theatre at San Joaquin Delta College filled with friends and family of the cast and crew of RTV’s Broadcasting Sunshine. They gathered to celebrate the near-completion of filming.
Mr. William Story, Radio Television Instructor at Delta College, took the stage and thanked everyone for their support. Each time Mr. Story took the stage, or even approached the stage, the audience cheered with enthusiasm.
To kick things off, Beloved Sister took the stage and sang a great a cappella piece. After they exited the stage, the crowd cheered for an encore. After a couple of minutes, the four young girls aged 11 to 15 came back for another original song.
The co-producers, Fia Delgado, Carla Jay, Kitty Kennedy, MJ Garcia, Rick Cortez,and Melissa Deverell, took the stage and talked about what this film meant to them.
Before jumping into Sunshine, we were treated to Illusia, a short film written by Curtis Wilson and produced by MJ Garcia.
Rather than simply watching clips, the audience, since most were cast, crews, volunteers or supporters, were asked what scenes they wanted to see. Then Melissa Deverell found the scene in Final Cut Pro and played it. In each segment, actors from that particular scene were invited on stage to give their commentary. Think of it as a live director’s cut. Very nice touch.
At the end, all of the cast and crew were asked to come on stage and dance, while Mr. Story filmed. This scene, along with dancing audience members, was to be the final scene of the movie said Mr. Story. To receive a named credit in the movie, participants need only visit the RTV department and sign the form. What a very cool way to end the show.
The full length feature film makes its debut on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Warren Atherton theatre. Watch the trailer on YouTube.
Two Stingrays to NBBA World Series
Jul 31st
Tomorrow, two of the Stockton Stingrays are heading off to Rochester, Minnesota to play in the National Beep Baseball Association World Series. The Stingrays did not raise enough money to send the entire team so Megan Winfield and team captain, Jennifer Boylan will play with the Colorado Storm.
Beep baseball is baseball, slightly modified to be played by blind and visually impaired athletes. Players wear blindfolds to level the playing field for those with varying levels of visual impairment. The NBBA World Series is August 1 through August 8.
Jennifer said they are happy to be playing alongside the Storm because they have been great supporters of the Stingrays. When the Stingrays were short volunteers at the 2005 World Series in Houston, one of the Storm volunteers made the drive from Colorado to south Texas to help them out.
Next year, the NBBA World Series will be played in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Stingrays are hoping to send the full team to compete. In 2009, Stockton hosted the NBBA World Series [podcast|pictures].
To send a full team of players and volunteers, they need to raise $20,000, about $1,000 per person. This season’s sweetheart pancake breakfast, pasta dinner, golf tournament (the golf tournament raised a record amount this year) and other events were successful but didn’t raise the full $20,000. With Lyons closed and Oakmoore on the selling block, Jennifer and others are already working to find a location for next year’s golf tournament.
If you’d like to watch the Stingrays play exhibition games against teams from the community, they play Saturdays at 10 a.m. at Atherton Park through August 28. Come out and watch.
The Stingrays are always seeking personal and corporate donations. To donate or learn more about the Stockton Stingrays, visit their website.
Safe travels, Megan and Jennifer. I’m sure you’ll both make Stockton and the Stingrays proud!
Podcast Stockton Live!
Jul 7th
Last Saturday, we took the show on the road with our first Podcast Stockton Live at the Taste of San Joaquin / Way Out West BBQ Championship. It was another awesome year for this event with tons of great food and music. Stockton’s own Smokin’ Yankees took home 3rd place in pork and ribs, 8th in brisket, 1st place (by one point) in the People’s Choice category and 3rd place overall! Congratulations Smokin’ Yankees!
Rod was not able to join us so Gabriel stepped in as fill-in co-host. With Manny running sound, we were joined by our usual guests, Wes Rhea, Lowell Tuckerman and Jon Remington. We also did a trivia segment and gave away some great prizes to one lucky audience member. We also did an interview with Ric Gilbert from Way Out West BBQ Championship.
We were not able to record the audio from the live show but Mike did capture a little video and Manny did the editing and production… thanks guys!
Also check out pics from our show here.
Big thanks to Emily from the Downtown Stockton Alliance for giving us the opportunity to do our show live.
Upcoming Events – Are you Linked?
May 4th
We talk about Twitter, Facebook and YouTube a lot on Podcast Stockton. One of my favorite social networking tools, however, doesn’t get much attention. LinkedIn is the best resources for building and managing your professional relationships.
There are two events being organized by local LinkedIn groups coming up soon:
Linking209
Saturday, May 8, 2010 5:30 PM
Valley Brew – 157 West Adams Street
http://linking209.com
Linking to Locals Stockton
Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:00 PM
Elkhorn Country Club – 1050 Elkhorn Drive
http://linkedinstockton.eventbrite.com
Sign-up to attend one, or both, of these events. Stick your hand out, meet new people in our community.
Joey Chestnut wins in Stockton
Apr 24th
Today was all about Major League Eating’s World Deep-Fried Asparagus Eating Championship which was held on the main stage of the 25th annual Asparagus Festival.
Last year’s winner, Patrick Bertoletti was joined by other notables like Eric “Badlands” Booker, Ben Monson, Crazy Legs Conti and local favorite, Joey Chestnut. In the end, Joey Chestnut took first place ahead of Ben Monson and Patrick Bertoletti.
Check out the pics here (Flickr or Facebook)
On the first day of the festival, Rod had a chance to talk to Adriana Brogger from KCRA and Wes Rhea from the Stockton Conference and Visitor’s Bureau.
Trash Bet Paid
Apr 11th
On Saturday morning, Andy Pinasco, aka @Brewery33, made good on his trash bet. Andy showed up, along with his dog, with gloves and trash bags ready to pick up trash for an hour. On an environmental note, he ran to Janet Leigh plaza. He started a few minutes before 8 AM and picked up trash like a sprinter for an hour. Rod and I were joined by Mike and Manuel who cheered Andy on from a safe distance, with cameras in hand. Here’s Rod’s video:
Kudos to Andy. He’s one of the elite in Stockton! Keep keeping it real (his trademark).
The iPad has landed!
Apr 4th
Just as promised, the fine folks at UPS delivered my iPad yesterday. I had been a little worried the last few days since the UPS site still showed my iPad in China as late as yesterday.
After a couple of Google searches (and a few Topeka searches) over the last few days I realized there were many other iPads “stuck in China”. A quick search on Twitter led me to @ThomasAtUPS who must’ve been the hardest working person on Twitter! He responded to tons of questions from soon-to-be iPad owners. @ThomasAtUPS assured me my iPad would be delivered today. Well, actually, he Tweeted it to everyone.
I had the iPad shipped to my mailing address, which just happens to be a friendly local UPS store. On an unrelated note, we have done business with Jason and his crew for 15 years, back when it was Mail Boxes Etc. – we love these guys, they really understand customer service! Ok, now back to the iPad story.
My brother, Mike, joined me to pick up the package. First, however, we went to Best Buy and met Arvin who gave us a great demo of the device. We also ran into friend of the show, Tom Moccia from BuyMeAniPhone.com who was there picking up a couple of iPads.
A couple of hours later the iPad was in hand.
First let me say; physically, the iPad truly is like nothing else I’ve ever held. It was heavier than I imagined it would be, which I was happy about. No one wants light and wimpy tech toys! Now, I know I’m a fan boy, but seriously, it just feels right (extra cheese points if you read that in Johnny Ive’s voice… even more extra cheese points if you know who Johnny Ive is).
The first thing I did was open Photos. Nice UI! Then I went to Safari. I wanted to know what it felt like to touch the internet. It felt amazing. This unique way of browser interaction transcends the iPhone experience. It just makes sense.
I could go on and one. If you’re still here, though, it might be easier to just watch the video.
After only using it for a few minutes, I can say that it is awesome!
Originally, I said I would have preferred something more like desktop Mac OS X, with Finder, but, I wanted this just for casual surfing and e-mail… a tasks that it performs incredibly well! So far, the only thing I don’t love is the presentation of Mail while in portrait mode. I would prefer to not have an individual message shown when I open the application.
Crappy first-generation? No way! While I’m sure the next version of the iPad will be amazing, I am glad I bought the first. The web surfing is awesome. The iPad apps (like ABC, Twitteriffic, Words with Friends HD) are all great. Games from the iPhone (Tetris, Traffic Rush, Demonless) are a lot more fun on the large screen! And the speed. This thing screams from app to app. I don’t care about it’s lack of true multi-tasking, apps nearly all open where you last left them.
Happy Easter!
The Single Malt vs. Podcast Stockton
Mar 31st
### For Immediate Release ###
Thursday 01 April 2010
Matt Beckwith and Rod Villagomez announced this morning that they have transferred ownership of Podcast Stockton to local podcasters Gabriel and Devin from The Single Malt Versus podcast. This change is ownership is effective immediately.
In the last year, Matt and Rod have worked hard to improve the image of Stockton. Their efforts proved successful when Forbes recently named Stockton the second most miserable city in the US, giving the top honors to Cleveland, Ohio. Matt & Rod have decided to move to Cleveland to help them in their quest to prove to the world that they are not a miserable city.
“We had a good run at Podcast Stockton and are happy to turn the keys over to Gabe and Devin” said Matt Beckwith, co-host and founder of Podcast Stockton.
“We have had a good run, and we would be remiss if I did not mention that nearly all of our success is because of me. It is time to take my talents, I mean our talents to the great people of Cleveland” added co-host Rod Villagomez.
In addition to all rights to podcast under the name Podcast Stockton, Gabe and Devin also acquired the Outback Studios and all of the recording equipment used to produce the show. No other financial terms were made available.
About The Single Malt Versus podcast
Gabriel and Devin, along with Kraig and other guests, have produced the Single Malt Versus podcasts for more than the past year.
Both Gabriel and Devin have vowed to keep the show family-friendly and work-safe.
Sunday Night Music
Mar 14th
Tonight, I went and watched acoustic performances from Alicia, Adam, Danny and Daniel, also know as A Doll For Ardis, Sweaty Fat Kid, Steeproof and Filbert.
Alicia performed first and played three songs on her own before her Mom joined her on backing vocals; they sounded awesome together! Her last song was one she wrote about her friends David and Michelle who were in the audience, “Relationship Status”. Alicia has a rich sound and seemed very comfortable taking the stage, even if it was her first time.
Adam, Alicia’s husband, performed next. First with acoustic bass and then on the piano. Playing solo with just an acoustic bass is not easy to pull off but Adam did so masterfully. His first song was “Zum” (not sure I’m spelling it right) followed by “Mr. Not So Fantastic” and a song he wrote for his wife. His next song was about his former life as a hard core gansta – “Went down to Oak Park and pulled out my gat / I started a gang war and in the cross fire was a cat”. As talented and inventive Adam is on the bass, he is even more so on the piano where he played a couple more songs.
Danny, who just happens to be friends with co-host Rod Villagomez, was next in the line-up. He described his first song as being inspired because “nature lives longer than humans and the sun has been burning for millions of years and must be bored with life.” Danny is a skilled guitarist and showed off his technical prowess with great open chords all the way down the fretboard.
The last performer was Daniel, who is Rod’s cousin, proving that the universe really is centered around Rod. Daniel was a stand-in for another performer who, at the last minute, couldn’t make it. He is an accomplished musician who performs with the local band, Filbert. He took the stage with his nylon string guitar, which was a great accompaniment to his voice. Daniel warmed up with “Honda Civic” and “Tall Tall Walls” and then progressed into a couple of more songs that showed off his awesome vocals and guitar work. His last tune, “Time Travel Were Possible” was a great up-tempo song to end the evening. Filbert is playing this Friday in Modesto.
Thanks so much to Adam and Alicia for your hospitality. I really enjoyed listening to all of the performers. Your home is perfect for an acoustic show!
Listen to this week’s podcast for samples of some of their music. Click here for the pictures from tonight.
The 19th Annual Trivia Bee
Mar 14th
On Friday evening, Rod and I, along with our friend Fred, participated in the 19th Annual Trivia Bee put on by the Library & Literacy Foundation for San Joaquin County. While this was my third time competing in this event and Fred’s second time, it was Rod’s first Trivia Bee.
This years event, the first to sell-out, was held inside the A.G. Spanos Center at University of the Pacific after many years at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium.
We arrived shortly after noon to claim our tables on the stage and in the audience. The prime spots went first to the teams that were able to set up early. We set up shop on the back row, which was perfect since I was afraid my hat would block someone from being seen by the audience.
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